Advanced Physical Chemistry by Susannah Nix

Author:Susannah Nix [Nix, Susannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Haver Street Press

Chapter Thirteen

She might not have known much about booty calls, but Penny knew enough not to dress up for one. Instead, she put on her most flattering pair of lounge pants—the soft heather gray ones that hugged her butt cheeks just so—and a thin white T-shirt with a deep V-neck that showed off her cleavage and a hint of the hot pink bra she was wearing underneath. She applied some makeup, but not too much. Just enough to bring out the green in her eyes and lend her a little more confidence.

She couldn’t believe she was really doing this! Never in her life had she slept with someone she wasn’t in a committed relationship with. She’d always adhered to the three date rule—at a minimum—because that was what “nice” girls were supposed to do.

Being not nice was a lot more fun.

While she waited for Caleb to arrive, Penny bustled around tidying her already immaculate apartment, because she needed to be doing something or else she’d explode. Cleaning helped keep the nervous panic at a manageable level.

She washed and put away the water glass she’d been drinking out of. Straightened everything on the coffee table so it was at perfect right angles. Fluffed the pillows on the couch and on her bed. Brushed her teeth and wiped down the bathroom sink and counter. Finally, after she’d run out of other things to do, she resorted to pacing aimlessly from room to room.

Exactly twenty-four minutes after Caleb’s last text, he knocked on Penny’s door.

She adjusted her bra and cast one last look around her apartment to make sure everything was perfect. Then she checked her makeup one last time in the mirror beside the door before she pulled it open.

Her heart lurched in her chest at the sight of him standing there in all his beautiful glory. She hadn’t seen him all day, and the sheer force of his attractiveness hit her anew. But it was more than just his physical appearance that affected her. It was his presence—some ineffable quality that seemed to change the atmosphere around him. She didn’t understand it. They barely knew each other. And yet, something intangible clicked into place at the sight of him. A feeling of relief. Of completion.

His hair was ruffled and damp, and he smelled strongly of the spicy soap he used. He must have jumped into the shower before coming over.

Penny froze, suddenly unable to recall whether she’d remembered to apply deodorant after her shower. The urge to lift her arm and do a sniff check seized her, and she clenched her hands into fists to keep them pinned at her sides.

Caleb shuffled his feet on her doorstep, his eyes darting uncertainly to the apartment behind her, and she pulled herself together enough to offer him a smile. “You’re here.”

The tension in his shoulders relaxed a microfraction. “I’m here.”

“Come in.” She stepped back to admit him, but as he moved past her into the apartment, she leaned toward him to steal a shameless sniff.

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